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Enjoy a rare behind the scene’s adventure of Perth’s iconic nightclub Connections with owner Tim Brown. Tim provides insight into the history of the club, it’s live and let live atmosphere, how he came to own it, how the clientele has evolved and his journey as owner. Beyond the obvious party, it’s fascinating to hear just how Connections has played a pivotal role as the home of the gay culture, in the truest sense of the word, in Perth and its role in the development of Northbridge. Plus, there’s a few laughs and fun stories along the way!!For more information:Website: http://www.connectionsnightclub.com/Facebook: www.facebook.com/connectionsnightclubInstagram: www.instagram.com/connectionsnightclub/Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/connections08

Bryn talks with Mike Dyson, Chinese medicine practitioner and senior facilitator with the Rites of Passage Institute on their Making of Men camps. Mike shares how through his own mental health challenge he became acutely aware how our culture lacks the customs, conventions and institutions for communities to truly support those who are struggling and to inspire the best in each of us. Mike explains the nature and elements of a rite of passage and the role they play in individual and collective development. Bryn and Mike also dive into modern masculinity.You can find Mike at:https://fremantlechinesemedicine.com/https://ritesofpassageinstitute.org

Health Consumers Council Executive Director and author Pip Brenan shares her journey of representing the citizen’s voice in the administrative machine that is the Health Service. Often, we don’t consider the provision of health until we’re personally in a place of need and it is at this point we often come face to face with the system that isn’t necessarily focused on the patient – it was exactly this experience that provoked Pip to take action. Pip talks about managing expectations of patients, considering community in healing, patient and practitioner co-designing of health provision and taking responsibility for one’s own health. Pip also talks about writing her memoirs having survived sexual assault and her recovery. This is a very insightful episode that provides the listener much to consider on a service that at some point we all need.Find out more about Pip at http://www.pipbrennan.com/

Bryn talks with Oscar Naval, Founder of Gizmo Cats which facilitates children to become confident creators of technology and not just users of technology. Oscar talks about growing up in California and working in Silicon Valley and how he came to Australia. He explains how after speaking with other parents, Oscar discovered that he was not alone in noticing that kids play games with computers but do not understand or appreciate what makes them work – this being the genesis of Gizmo Cats. He goes onto share his views on education, where technology sits within the children’s development, how the creative process brings many other subjects alive into real life application and how this sets the scene for children, and adults, to learn about their truth.You can find Oscar at:Website - www.gizmocats.comFacebook - www.facebook.com/GizmoCats/

Bryn has a wonderful conversation with Dr Richard Walley OAM, a Nyoongar man and one of Australia's leading Aboriginal performers, musicians and writers, who has been a campaigner for the Aboriginal cause. Richard talks about how elders around him identified and cultivated his individual strengths and talents and how he continues this on in the numerous boards and committees he’s been asked to preside over. He also talks about decision making and not only considering everyone ‘around the watering hole’ but also recognising that we make the best decision at a point in time and following your intuition. There are also many other beautiful insights into a different view point and culture that provides much food for thought.For more on Richard - www.aboriginalproductions.com.au/richard-walley/ 

Wayne Chase bravely shares his story of re-building and keeping his heart open after losing his eldest son, Mitch, in a traumatic motorcycle accident. Wayne talks about the accident and how he dealt, and continues to deal, with the grief that followed this. He explains how, by capturing and living what he learnt from Mitch and his own journey through grief, he has gone on to capture and share these lessons and to assist others struggling with adversity. There some very important life living lesson in this podcast as well as an important point of keeping great memories of those no longer with us alive or risk losing them on a much deeper level.Find Wayne's All Heart on Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/allheart15/ 

Enjoy a rare insight into the world of a successful author with Fleur McDonald. Fleur shares her journey to becoming published as well as the day to day life of an author that has written 12 books. Fleur talks about how she wishes to share life from rural Australia to the wider world and the issues that go with that. She also talked about her personal journey with domestic abuse and how that has led to her creating the not for profit organisation Breaking the Silence website that collates essential victim support service contact details, individually tailored to each shire across WA. Again, the impact of not talking and sharing and remaining in silence occurs in this wonderful conversation.For more about Fleur:Wesbite - https://fleurmcdonald.com/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/FleurMcDonaldAuthor/ 

Enjoy following the intriguing journey of Lars Richter. Yoga instructor, organic vegetable grower, bow maker, transpersonal coach - throughout his story it’s fascinating to hear how unafraid Lars is to making changes, follow what just feels right and be open to new possibilities from a pragmatic perspective. Originally from East Germany, Lars shares how he saw the Berlin wall come down, how East Germany changed, how he left the safe world of engineering to follow the world of yoga and how that has led to Australia, organic vegetable production, coaching and now bow making workshops. He talks about how pain is a gift, releasing trapped energy in the body, going beyond the everyday masks we wear and being present and creating something real and beautiful through bow making.Find Lars at:Website - http://narrativeyoga.com.au/Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/narrativeyoga/  

Go on a mystical journey with Mirek Kanik, psychotherapist and author of the book ‘I am a Modern Mystic’. In this conversation Merik begins by sharing his journey from a turbulent Poland in the early 80s to WA. He then goes on to explain mysticism, how the heart is at the centre of our everyday functioning much more than the brain and how being more heart-focused is the not only the foundation of relationships with ourselves and others but also gateway to a wealth of knowledge much greater than we perceive. Mirek also leads the listener through a simple and practical heart-focused meditation for all to repeat and practice.

In a slight mix up to the norm, Bryn follows the journey of avid WA Real listener Phil O'Keeffe at 3 different points during his journey to complete his first solo Rottnest Channel Swim crossing - start of training, midway and after the event. The solo swim was one of life’s ‘bucket list’ big achievements for Phil and it’s fascinating to hear how his focus develops throughout the journey and how the process of training quickly transcends the physical to the mental. Not everything turned out as planned for Phil, there's twists and turns on his journey and a nasty surprise where the sun doesn't shine. Whether you’ve completed your own bucket list life challenge or considering going for it, this provides some fantastic insights.

In this powerful and focused conversation, acclaimed business coach Barry Magliardhiti, and founder of the Game Changers, provides a great insight into how he became a business coach and shares some of the learnings from his experience to master our inner game so we can dominate the outer game. Barry talks about limiting beliefs, how we’re shaped by our unconscious choices and survival of past experiences as well as how our external reality matches the way we chose to show up in life.  Bryn and Barry also go deep on what being happy in life means and the achievability of the ideal ‘work life balance’ and what that actually means on a workable basis. This conversation is packed with learnings that the listener can immediately consider in their own life to make meaningful changes.

Be gripped by the passion of Leon Ruri and his journey focusing on raising awareness of men’s mind health and suicide awareness. Starting with an idea that mobilised 200 men to perform the Haka on ANZAC day at Kings Pak in 2017, Leon has since founded the Charity Haka for Life to raise awareness for Men's Mind Health, Wellbeing and Suicide Awareness.As well as sharing the story behind Haka for Life, Leon talks openly about his own journey with mental health, being stuck in his head and contemplation of suicide. He also explains how, through our upbringing, we get conditioned into remaining silent and not expressing ourselves and how this leads us through the gateway to depression and anxiety and even suicide.

Enjoy this beautiful and human conversation with Quantum Mechanic Professor Igor Bray, Head of Curtin University's Department of Physics and Astronomy. Igor shares his own story from leaving Russia at an early age to following his fascination with physics to the career he has today as one of the world’s leading quantum mechanics and his role with the Large Hydron Collider at CERN. Not sure what Quantum Mechanics is? Igor breaks the fundamentals down for the everyday man to understand, as well as sharing how he uses the principles of physics in his everyday life. Igor also explains why being in science in Perth right now is one of the most exciting places to be!!

Enjoy this truly gripping conversation with Sain Dzemail - youth worker, counsellor, mentor, and speaker. Sain get very open and vulnerable about how he got into youth work and how his journey lead to the creation of his social enterprise Insain and its visioning work with youth at risk. He also shares his fruit bowl theory relating to friends in your life and his Porsche story. There’s lots to learn not only from a parenting point of view but also the power of visioning and tapping into your own youth.

Join psychotherapist and passionate environmentalist Jan Rodda as she explores the relationship between the environment, man’s impact on the environment and the subsequent impact on man’s collective psyche. Jan talks about how we have lost our connection with land and how our suppression and denial of this often emerges as unfounded fear of nature. She also talks about the importance of being in nature and the positive effects of this as well as facing the shame of our impact on nature as the way to truly reconnect.

We go beyond the 5-sense physical as Bryn talks with channel Marina Kirk. Marina explains what channelling means to her, her journey with channelling, connecting with more of herself and her guides through her heart. Marina explains how we’re all channels and we all have guides – it’s a matter of being present and open to them. This episode does much to provoke the listener to expand consideration and awareness beyond the physical to interact with intelligence and energy much bigger than ourselves

Our access to energy is an everyday given and is at the starting point of the value chain of life, yet how often do you consider where we get our energy from? Bryn talks with Steve McGill, renewable energy expert, about the global energy industry, the makeup of the energy industry in WA, our own energy consumption and taking a look at the current status of renewable energy and future trends. This episode is a great way to get a fully informed view of the current state of play and understand how the transition from fossil fuel to renewable may already be upon us. There’s also a great overview on electric vehicles.

Bryn enjoys a very open and frank conversation about mental health care with retired clinical psychologist Bill Saunders. In this episode Bill covers why drugs should be legalised, why drugs aren’t legalised because of a moral argument rather than scientific reasoning, why most drugs aren’t addictive to the majority of users, why funding the police to control drugs use doesn’t work, underlying reasons why addiction does occur and its links to underlying childhood trauma and why this should be the target of proactive rehabilitation, the difference between psychiatry and psychology, why psychiatric meds don’t actually work, why mother-baby bond is so important to future success and resilience, the importance of psychotherapy. Plus a lot lot more on the state of mental health provision.

Bryn talks with Joel Camp, Chef and Owner of New Ethic Plant Food which brings plant based pop up & private dining experiences. Joel talks about bucking the trends of industry to create a business in line with personal his values and ethics. He also explains how New Ethic Plant Food turns the eating experience on its head from being ‘chef focused’ to ‘diner focused. You can’t help but be moved by the passion and love, as well as detail, Joel has for creating human connection and experiences through food.

Dr. Ros Worthington OAM shares her humbling journey and how she’s made a habit of overcoming adversity and turning it into something bold and beautiful that brings light into areas of darkness for others. She talks openly about her experiences with childhood abuse, breast cancer and the suicide of her husband and how each experience became the catalyst to take action and do something great through the power of giving to others. Ros also talks about philanthropy and how giving doesn’t have to come from the wallet but simply from the heart. Listening to this you can’t help but be impressed by Ros’s grounded and ironclad belief in herself.